Styxosaurus

by Daniel Eskridge

Title

Styxosaurus

Artist

Daniel Eskridge

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting

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"Styxosaurus"

Emerging from the murky depths of a the prehistoric ocean, an aquatic monster swims towards you. Its long neck swivels to reveal a mouth full of vicious spike shaped teeth as it gives you a glance. Perhaps this underwater beast is trying to decide if you are prey. Rays of sunshine slice through the water and illuminate the sea floor in the shallow waters revealing that there is little room for you to escape.

You have entered the realm of the styxosaurus, a plesiosaur from the Cretaceous period. This 30 to 40 foot long aquatic reptile once swam the ocean in the time of the dinosaurs. It was part of the elasmosaurus family, plesiosaurs known for their long necks.

With my beach vacation only a week away I was thinking of the ocean and was inspired to do an aquatic scene. Having also done a lot of paleoart lately, I decided on a prehistoric beast. I really like the way the length of the styxosaurus works with the distance in the water to make it fade into the murk. In fact, I like the way this one turned out so much that it became my new desktop wallpaper.

I created this image using digital art techniques. The styxosaurus was posed in Poser. It was then exported to Vue where the rest of the scene was made. I used Vue to do the rendering, then GIMP and Topaz Adjust to enhance the colors.

Resources:
Poser 10: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Poser
Styxosaurus: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Styxosaurus
Vue: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Vue
Topaz Adjust: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Adjust
GIMP: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Gimp

Thanks for looking,
Daniel Eskridge

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April 2nd, 2015

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